Pulpit Rock is an artificial stack of rocks at the southern tip of Portland. It was created in the 1870s during quarrying as a relic of the industry. It is climbable and is apparently somewhere that the adventurous like to ‘Tombstone’, an activity beyond my imagining.
PULPIT ROCK
The flaggy flat areas near the rock are reminiscent of the ‘Flaggy Shore’ of the Burren, Co. Clare
Rock. And a pretty wheatear. There were also meadow pipits, and lots of gulls 
The rock surfaces all round Pulpit Rock is known as ‘Snail Shore’, embedded with millions of snail, oyster and mollusc shells from what was once the seabed in Jurassic times. Here are a few examples, some surpassingly large.
An arty shot of Pulpit Rock to end with, taken into the sun with mixed success
ROLLING HARBOUR GALLERY 
Dear Pulpit Rock! Your posts on Portland revive lovely memories.
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But did you ever try tombstoning from it? There are a couple more Portland posts in the pipeline… at some stage!
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